Saturday, August 27, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, December 13, 1736
We hear from Dumfries, that a large Tortoife was taken by some fishermen upon Blackshaw Sands; at first they did not know what to make of it, but were in some fear, but after some time gaining courage, they attacked him with pitchforks, which he twisted and broke when thruft into his mouth; finding it […]
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Published in the Waukegan Daily News, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, December 5, 1898
Puss Meets With a New Kind of Creature and Has a Hard Time of It. Farmer Egerton has a large cat named Scrapper which has long been the terror of all the dogs and cats in the neighborhood. One day lately he met his match in a large turtle. Discovering the queer creature taking a […]
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, September 10, 1852
The Mobile Register states that turtle are at times so plentiful that they glut the market. On the 11th ult., a schooner arrived from Brazos with seventeen. Five of these were sent to the watering places on the eastern shore, the smallest weighing 365 pounds, the largest about a thousand more. They appear to be […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, August 27, 1881
A young lady of Johnstown, N. Y., while bathing at Chautauqua Lake, had a bad experience. A snapping turtle caught her by the ear. Her screams brought friends to her assistance, or she would certainly have been drowned; but the turtle’s grip was like a bull-dog’s, and after his head had been cut off it […]
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, March 18, 1837
Every animal has its enemies. The land tortoise has two enemies-man and the boa-constrictor. The natural defense of the tortoise is to draw up in his shell and remain quiet. In this state, the tiger, however famished, can do nothing with him-for the shell is two strong for the stroke of his paw. Man, however, […]
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illiniois on Saturday, November 15, 1879
We received a turtle a few days since which had marked on his back the date of 1709, and also the Spanish coat-of-arms, indicating one hundred and seventy-nine years ago. What changes this old fellow of the deep has seen? The rise and fall of empires, and the continent on which he partly lived emerged […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, July 18, 1898
A Maryland Man Comes to the Rescue of One of the Birds Held Prisoner by the Reptile. Â Â Â Â Benjamin Rust, of Chestertown, Md., gives an interesting account of a combat between a large snapping turtle and a vast number of crows, which he witnessed a few days ago. While noted for his shyness, the crow […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, December 28, 1907
    W. F. James, an Arkansas sawmillman and planter, relates a turtle story which he says occured near his home recently. Jim Gullick heard a pig squealing and upon investigation found that a large turtle had come up out of the water, had seized a pig and was dragging its victim back to the water […]
Published in the Waukegan Gazette, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, January 20, 1866
    A curious and cruel way of cooking turtles appears in a Chinese cooking book. The turtle is placed in a vessel of water on the fire, with a lid over it, having an aperture of such size and so arranged that the turtle can just get his head out, and in reach of highly […]
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Thursday, October 19, 1922
    Athens, Ohio, Oct. 19-A turtle bearing the inscription “A. H. 1831” has been found on the Hewitt Farm west of here. It is stated by old settlers that the same turtle has been wandering over this farm for nearly half a century.